Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, April 1953. 1951 Oct. 22 - 1953 Apr. 28; (predominant 1953 Apr.)

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Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, April 1953. 1951 Oct. 22 - 1953 Apr. 28; (predominant 1953 Apr.)

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Topics include: expense accounts, furniture and maps for The Old Manse Library; the acquisition of negatives of Old New Brunswick photographs; Beaverbrook's response to the Callow Veterans' and Invalids' Welfare League -- he belongs to no associations or committees {22410}; the payment of ten thousand dollars to Northumberland Cooperative Company to assist them in moving to new quarters when Newcastle Town Hall & Theatre was built on their previous site; settlement of accounts with Beatrice McFarlane Moore, widow of the late J. Harry Moore, architect of Sinclair Rink and Bonar Law-Bennett Library; Tweedie's reunion of teachers who toured Britain in 1951; instructions to Tweedie not to inform the UNB president of soil investigations to take place there; trust account set up for Newcastle Town Hall project with M.L. Lynch and Tweedie as trustees; loan of a painting to N.B. Museum; (continues). (continued) Tweedie's request to the Premier for a sales tax rebate in connection with Sinclair Rink; arrangements for Premier Hugh John Flemming's visit to London for the 1953 coronation, including his measurements for clothing rentals.

Correspondence : 142 (157 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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